Sorry Penguin, it had to happen.

btw

how is the runway repair going?

Lee.

[ Edited on 21-7-2006 by buzzbug ]

Got that hanging up in the office already..had a couple of people who didn't see the funny side.

there are always those who can't find the funny side.
the way i see it is that, they are alive and they did a dam good job getting the pig on the deck in one piece.
well done to the pilots.

Lee.

What i find :cussing amazing is that they reckon they can put the bird in the air in a couple of days!! hmmm i'd be thinking that the army dont need those landing gear. Next planes they buy wont have 'em. Mr. Nelson will make sure they dont! keep that great track record going 😂

Ich fahre ein Kdf ein Tag wrote:What i find :cussing amazing is that they reckon they can put the bird in the air in a couple of days!! hmmm i'd be thinking that the army dont need those landing gear. Next planes they buy wont have 'em. Mr. Nelson will make sure they dont! keep that great track record going 😂

pssst.............the plains belong to the Air Force.

The army just jump out of them (well not F111's)

Lee.

:bounce hey pengy, look on the upside....... when budgeting for the re-surfacing just add a few metres extra and 'taa-daaa' u have new driveway 🥷 :duh what??? he's just down the road.... sheesh.........at least allow for a 'broken pipe or two (should fit in osama nicely)....😉

Yeah but Penguin is a carpenter isn't he? I got a mate who rang me who works out there, said the wheel bounced into the car park.

hmmm... only thing i dont like about this cartoon is how the media exaggerates the facts... next there will be a 'scandal' involving 'australias aging fleet' with 'safety concerns' and 'dangerous conditions'.... when all it comes down to is a minor incident involving a wheel...

Just look at the Concorde... it hit something on the runway, tyre burst, crap went into the engine... plane crashes for the first time ever... and they killed it off. FOR CRAPS SAKE... IT CRASHED INTO SOMETHING ON THE RUNWAY... IT WASNT THE PLANE!!!



Sorry... I wandered a little off topic.... that's my rant for the day. :kiss

For the record...each of these jets has done less hours in their 30 years than commercial jets do in 5. And a lot of commercial jets have been around for 15 - 20 years...not to mention the landing cycles which provide more stress than anything else.
Did anyone notice that it stayed in tact after landing on it's belly and sliding 220 mts. Not to mention it has only minor damage.

[ Edited on 22-7-2006 by Stanley ]

Nah,
I ain't a carpenter, they have to work for a living. I am an Officer.... I just have carpenters working for me, well, I used to when I had troops 🙁

I loved watching it come in though and I can damn well bet we had a much better time on the ground watching than the two poor buggers sitting in it. Bet there was a lot of beer drunk that night!
Agree with fek, always going to be blown out of proportion.

Aside from that, all's fun, two guys got down alive 🙂 Lee, care to ask any loadie from the Iroquis SQN to show us their t*t's?
(Besides, there are two aircrew per f1-11 and everyone knows the windsock is on the other side of the runway at Amberley :P)

Yeap.,
looked impressive, plus the way the young fella brought it in so low, level and slow was a credit to him, that had to help im minimising damage.

penguin wrote:Aside from that, all's fun, two guys got down alive 🙂 Lee, care to ask any loadie from the Iroquis SQN to show us their t*t's?
(Besides, there are two aircrew per f1-11 and everyone knows the windsock is on the other side of the runway at Amberley :P)

C'mon mate.

get them out.

Lee.

penguin wrote:Aside from that, all's fun, two guys got down alive Lee, care to ask any loadie from the Iroquis SQN to show us their t*t's?

Sometimes you have got to ask youself "What the heck where they thinking"
I mean we all thought it was funny, just that there was no way they were going to get away with it. Maybe they were getting out and it was their last day in. :P

Besides that, how low and slow was that pig going. Must of had wings fully forward, flaps fully down and the nav hanging out the cockpit flapping his arms!

Proud_Dad wrote:Besides that, how low and slow was that pig going. Must of had wings fully forward, flaps fully down and the nav hanging out the cockpit flapping his arms!

Hahahaaha

thats gold.

Lee.

And finally a picture of the pilot.



Lee.

would love to hear the voice recorder...

"airspeed... check.... flaps... check... landing gear.... um.... um... hehehe.... hmmm.... sh*t.... oh by the way dude, i loved you in Hot Shots"

"not now man"

😀

fekkinell wrote:hmmm... only thing i dont like about this cartoon is how the media exaggerates the facts... next there will be a 'scandal' involving 'australias aging fleet' with 'safety concerns' and 'dangerous conditions'.... when all it comes down to is a minor incident involving a wheel...

Just look at the Concorde... it hit something on the runway, tyre burst, crap went into the engine... plane crashes for the first time ever... and they killed it off. FOR CRAPS SAKE... IT CRASHED INTO SOMETHING ON THE RUNWAY... IT WASNT THE PLANE!!!



Sorry... I wandered a little off topic.... that's my rant for the day. :kiss

Concord was already on its way out. They had a scheduled retirement plan before any major grief with the craft.

Forgot how long that hook is, but I can tell you it ain't that long!!